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2217
$7,475.00

SCARCE SPECIAL ORDER WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 61240. Cal. 45-90. Fine deluxe ’86 with 30″ oct bbl, full magazine, Lyman ivory bead hunting front sight, flat top sporting rear sight and mid-range vernier tang sight. It has sgl set trigger. Mounted with extremely beautiful, center crotch, flame grain American walnut with “H” style checkered forearm and serpentine pistol grip stock with black triangle insert and nickeled brass Swiss buttplate. Left side of lower tang is stamped with assembly number “211” and “XXX”. Matching assembly number is found inside top tang channel of buttstock and inside buttplate. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum research request yellow sheet which identifies this rifle in caliber 45-90 with 30″ oct bbl, set trigger, checkered pistol grip stock, Swiss buttplate and mid-range vernier sight, received in warehouse Sept. 2, 1891 and shipped same day to order #9907. This fine rifle has been completely restored. CONDITION: Very fine, completely restored, as noted, with the bbl & magazine tube retaining about all of this restored finish; receiver & lever retain all of their restored case colors; buttplate retains about 97-98% strong orig nickel; wood has a repaired chip back of top tang, another repaired chip atleft side of top tang at the receiver, otherwise is sound and retains about all of its fine restored finish. Mechanics are fine, worn dark bore. 4-45170 (8,000-12,000)


Auction: Firearms - Spring 2012
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